Timothy D. Taylor

Timothy D. Taylor (b. 17 March 1961) is an interdisciplinary social scientist focusing mainly on music and culture. He is the author or editor of six books and over 40 articles and book chapters. His teaching and research cover subjects from capitalism to globalization, identity, consumer culture, and more.

Taylor earned his B.A. as a double major in music and Northern (Environmental) Studies at Middlebury College in 1983, an M.M. in clarinet performance at the Yale School of Music in 1985, an M.A. in 20th century music from the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1990, and an M.A. in 1990 and Ph.D. in musicology in 1993 from the University of Michigan.

As an Irish traditional musician, Taylor started playing the tin whistle as an exchange/fellowship student at the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1988-89. From 2001-04, he studied the flute with Mike Rafferty, a well-known exponent of the east Galway flute style. Taylor initiated a traditional music session in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the early 1990s that is still going, and he has played in sessions around the world. He can most often be heard at the AULD DUBLINER in Long Beach, California, on Sunday afternoons.